Acts 28:4-5

Paul on Malta

⁴ When _p the native people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, _q "No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, _r Justice ₁ has not allowed him to live." ⁵ He, however, _s shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm.

1. Cross References
   Acts 28:2
   The native people showed us unusual kindness, for they kindled a fire and welcomed us all, because it had begun to rain and was cold.
   
2. Cross References
   Job 4:7
   Remember: who that was innocent ever perished? Or where were the upright cut off?
   Luke 13:2
   And he answered them, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way?
   Luke 13:4
   Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem?
   John 9:2
   And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?
   
3. Cross References
   Numbers 32:23
   But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord, and be sure your sin will find you out.
   Amos 5:19
   As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him, or went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall, and a serpent bit him.
   Amos 9:3
   If they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, from there I will search them out and take them; and if they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.
   
4. Cross References
   Mark 16:18
   They will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.
   Luke 10:19
   Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.